Sewing Day at Our House

I'm feeling grateful for all the ladies that came to our house today to help sew blocks for a quilt top for our Magnolia Sewing Circle.

This vintage feed sack fabric has been on the shelves for years. It was high time to use it up.

Veronica

Emma was here all the way from Indiana. I learned that she loves to sew quilt and comfort tops for charity. She spends hours and hours in her sewing room most days.

Rosanna

Cheryl and a grandson, Will

Chrystal

Rosanna and Jolita. Jolita also fix lunch for everyone and cleaned up afterward.

An after school snack of apples with peanut butter and melted chocolate.

Chrystal was one of my piano students many years ago. By request she's brushing up on "I Heard a Sound of Voices..... around the great white throne."

Magnolia's Annual Guest Day Sewing

Each year in November our Magnolia Mennonite Sewing Circle has a special Guest Day Sewing.

I'm guessing we had a record breaker this year with around 70 adults and 50 children in attendance. 

 Some tied quilts while ...

 ... others wrapped Christmas Bundles for the Olive Branch Mission in Cherry Creek, SD.

Most of the children played outside but a few found their way to the coloring table. 

 This top was started at last years Guest Day Sewing and now it's being tied.

Quilting on a baby quilt. 

The ladies at this table made young girls dresses for Shining Light Children's Home in Mexico. 

The sun was setting when I arrived home.

2014 Magnolia Guest Day Sewing

We were greeted this morning to sign in at this table adorned with an old hand pieced quilt top.

Activities of the Day

Carmen & Shirlene work together tying a comfort top.

Mary, Rhoda, and Joan stitch the binding to the back of this quilt by hand.

These ladies are tying a cheater’s cloth top that is being made into a comforter.

Crystal, Tab, and Karla

Natasha, Tab, Crystal, Carmen, and Rosetta

Cheryl and granddaughter, Veronica, and Evie and son sew small dresses.

Making Christmas Bundles for the less fortunate in Cherry Creek, SD and Belize.

Karen, Isok, Carmen, Beth, Whitney

Tab

Angie and Josiah

I helped with the ‘string quilt’ project. We started this quilt last year. You can read about it HERE.

Alma, Tressa, and Pat

Some of the blocks ended up smaller, so we decided to make two separate quilts.

Thelma made 4 string blocks at home for the beginning of another “String quilt.” The same 4 blocks look different depending which color you turn toward the center.

  

These ladies continued quilting the Rocking Horse Quilt that we started last month.

Martha and Krista stitch on a bright “square in a square pineapple” quilt that I had pieced earlier.

   

This and That

I am impressed with Emily's Wonky Quilt that is on my design wall, ready now for quilting.

The Day's Catch by Amy & Ashton.

Planting time for Quinten & Paul.

Slappy and Ashton

It was such a pleasant evening; why not take our plates outside for supper?

After the SMBI Chorus gave a program at our church, Laura kept these friends for the night.

More farm work for Paul.

Amy had a Creative Memories party with these ladies, Hannah, Ashley, & Alma.

The bob truck brought a load of sand to church the day we had sewing circle.

It's safe now. You may go play in it!

A hive of busy bees!